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Four Decades of War between Iran and America
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Four Decades of War between Iran and America

Ibrahim Al-Marashi

San Marcos, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment; Feature) – A morose anniversary passed this month for Iranians, as it has been more than thirty-five years […]

EU: Suspend Trade Agreement with Israel (HRW)

EU: Suspend Trade Agreement with Israel (HRW)

07/07/2025 By Human Rights Watch

Checks and Balances? Dream on in the Age of Trump!

Checks and Balances? Dream on in the Age of Trump!

07/07/2025 By Karen J. Greenberg

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Afghanistan See Attacks Rise on Eve of Election

Afghanistan See Attacks Rise on Eve of Election

Update: Taliban in Kunduz in Afghanistan’s north attempted to assassinate warlord Muhammad Qasim Fahim on Sunday, but failed. One of his bodyguards was wounded in […]

Juan Cole

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Kurdistan Elections fateful for Iraq

Kurdistan Elections fateful for Iraq

Aljazeera English reports on the Kurdistan elections: For the first time in recent memory, the two major Kurdish parties (which are in a sense clans […]

Juan Cole

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Ahmadinejad Bows to Khamenei on First Vice President

Ahmadinejad Bows to Khamenei on First Vice President

This issue of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s appointment of Esfandiyar Rahim-Masha’i as his first vice president came to a head on Friday. Rahim-Masha’i, the father of […]

Juan Cole

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Baghdad Furious over Secret US contact with Guerrillas; Iraq may Retain US Trainers beyond 2011

Baghdad Furious over Secret US contact with Guerrillas; Iraq may Retain US Trainers beyond 2011

I have been saying for some time that the US military presence in Iraq is highly unlikely to completely end at the close of 2011. […]

Juan Cole

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Al-Maliki’s Goals on his American Visit

Al-Maliki’s Goals on his American Visit

What did Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki want from his visit to New York City and Washington, DC? Al-Zaman [The Times of Baghdad] makes some suggestions […]

Juan Cole

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US Has Lost Moral High Ground on Treatment of Prisoners

US Has Lost Moral High Ground on Treatment of Prisoners

The US military has, understandably and correctly, condemned the coerced video of a US soldier taken hostage by Taliban in Afghanistan. But I fear that […]

Juan Cole

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Clashes turn Violent, Many Arrests; Mousavi Defiant; VP Appointment reveals Split among Hard Liners

Clashes turn Violent, Many Arrests; Mousavi Defiant; VP Appointment reveals Split among Hard Liners

There are reports that hundreds or even thousands of protesters hit the streets late Tuesday in Tehran. There are reports of violent clashes with security […]

Juan Cole

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The Guantanamo Dilemma: Bush Mess Continues to Damage US

The Guantanamo Dilemma: Bush Mess Continues to Damage US

The problems facing the Obama administration in closing Guantanamo Bay appear mainly to center on finding a place for the prisoners to go. Very few […]

Juan Cole

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Khamenei Warns Elite against Public Turmoil

Khamenei Warns Elite against Public Turmoil

Borzou Daragahi of the LAT explains that Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei warned Monday that the opposition must cease its campaign of civil disobedience. AP argues […]

Juan Cole

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